October 26, 2017

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The U.S. announced Thursday a new chief for its embassy in Cuba amid a growing diplomatic crisis between the two nations over mysterious health attacks targeting American personnel.

Lawrence Gumbiner replaces the previous chargé d’affaires Scott Hamilton, who left the embassy in Havana earlier this month after Washington ordered many U.S. officials to leave the embassy after personnel reported what seemed to be sonic attacks, Reuters reported.